Stardate: 2124.5, 2126.1 --The crew is captured by Trelane, the Squire of Gothos, who has styled himself and his dwelling on his out-of-date observations of Earth. Trelane has almost unlimited power and decides to make the crew his playthings, and Kirk must challenge him so they can make their escape.

Trivia--William Campbell, who plays Trelane, would later play a different character in the classic "Star Trek" (1966) {The Trouble with Tribbles (#2.15).

At warp three, Colony Beta Six is eight days distant from Quadrant 904.

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.